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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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THinking of doing these mods here soon!

MS4 or g5x4
3.73 or 4.10s?
Pacesetters and ORY
LS6 intake for sure
PRc Dual Golds
Yank 4000 or so? Gonna be a street car so whats yalls opinions
Powerbond UD pulley
Tranny cooler for sure
Ported LS6 oil pump and ls2 chain

Whats yall opinion of the 2 cams in question and of the gear selection. How streetable will this be cause i am gonna want to drive it to Texas from Arizona about 800 miles and to where my family and friends are in NC. I understand gas is gonna be horrible and all that.
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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looks like your gonna have a beasty setup. i hear the ms4 is pretty drivable with a good tune. dont know much of the g5x4! yeah yur gas mileage is gonna drop for sure.
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Old Aug 25, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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THanks!

Have a friend with a x4 but just cant damn decide which cam to get.
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 10:16 AM
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I have a similar setup with the MS4, but also running some good heads and more compression. Either cam will need at least that 3.73, which I run also.

Fuel consumption around town isn't that great, but I've made several 320+ highway mile round trips on a single tank of gas with my setup.

The key to either of those cams running right will be in the tune - find someone who knows what they are doing!
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 10:40 AM
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the ms4 is big, but im not going to knock a big cam. I would say honestly if u do plan on getting heads, and having alllot of power (450-500 rwhp) look into yanks PT4000 not the ST4000, its a better converter, they guys from yank say its really good. But because my cam wont be quite as big as urs (tsp 233/239) i went with the ss3600. Im going to say leave 3.73's in for drivability on the highway with 4.10's i dont think youll be happy. As well as that, a 4000 stall is going to shock the tires hard at the track, especially if u also have 4.10's and that means youll need a 12 bolt very very soon. So my final answer is 3.73's and build up some heads to match the potential of the MS4, and then go with a PT4000, and save up for a 12 bolt.
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 01:35 PM
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well whats your goals outa the car???? i meen there are a lot of guys on here with a 224 or a 228 running in the 11s. bigger cam are not always better. also do u plan to spray the car?
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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i want a 11sec car for sure. No spray til the bigger motor goes in the car.
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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I have pretty much the set up you are referring to.. With a G5X3, Vig 3600,323 gears, everything else mentioned i am running.. My car is very streetable..

I put down 403/405 to the wheels.. Good luck..
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The tune and the converter are pretty much going to dictate driving manners. I daily drive my car and is pretty streetable with a big cam and converter with a good tune. Though gas milage does suffer.
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